Matthew Ballard
Volume 5, Issue 46 There is no better way to reflect upon the holiday season than to recall the story behind the foundation of the world’s first Santa Claus school…
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Matthew Ballard
Vol. 5, No. 45 Another year has passed, and another volume of Overlooked Orleans has concluded. To write another article about Charlie Howard and his Santa Claus School is perhaps…
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Matthew Ballard
Vol. 5, No. 44 One of the most infamous stories to occupy the annals of Orleans County history is that of Albion resident Albert S. Warner. Regarded as one of…
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Matthew Ballard
Vol. 5, No. 43 This photograph, taken some time in the late 1880s or early 1890s, shows Main Street in Albion looking north from Bank Street. Comparing this image to…
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Matthew Ballard
Vol. 5, No. 42 This photograph, taken sometime around 1900, shows the New York Central Railroad crossing at Clinton Street in Albion looking east towards Main Street. The photographer is…
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Matthew Ballard
Vol. 5, No. 41 On November 6, 1917, half way across the world, the October Uprising was in full swing as the Bolsheviks led a revolution against the Tsarist government…
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